We’re not generally surprised when potential customers ask us why our floors cost so much more than other ones they’ve already checked out on their journey toward home building or remodeling. We had one customer recently who wanted to buy an engineered floor and was quoted a price of $6 per square foot. But, along the way he learned there were a few “catches” to that price; the average length of the floor boards he would get for that price was 3- to 4-feet long, with no guarantee as to how many 6-foot boards he could expect. He really wanted the 6-foot boards (most people want at least that—it makes laying the boards down much easier) and the company he was dealing with had no longer lengths to offer him. He also couldn’t get any widths wider than 6 inches. So, in short, he came to understand why a Carlisle pre-finished floor would cost almost twice as much as the $6 one he was originally pursuing. He ended up ordering our Antique Oak, about which he wrote us: “The Antique Oak is unbelievable and we love it. No issues with bowing or moisture problems yet, and hopefully never. No transition pieces, that is how wood floors are done!…”
We will refer you guys when the opportunity is there.”
Check out the slideshow, above, for this customer’s Siesta, Florida home.
Posted on Aug 25, 2010 AT 05:28 AM in Green Building • (0) Comments
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